Crista Calderon — an instructional technology specialist from Spokane, Washington
Nil Jones — a developer consultant from Portland, Oregon
Rob Liguori — a research editor from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob | $3,000 | $9,000 | $19,300 |
$18,600
3-day champion: $58,601 |
$17,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Nil | $1,000 | $200 | $-3,000 |
$-3,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-3,000
8 R, 7 W |
| Crista | $1,400 | $2,800 | $9,000 |
$8,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE NORTHERNMOST SPORTS FRANCHISE | BOATS & BOATING | FOOD & DRINK BRANDS | MIDDLE X | SIR THOMAS MORE | ZOO-TOPIA |
|
$200
[21]
Pro baseball:the Giants, the Mariners, the Cardinals
the Mariners
Crista
|
$200
[5]
To mark safe passage for boats entering a harbor, the channel is lined with these, red on the right, green on the left
buoys
Nil
|
$200
[10]
From 1899 to 1920 the number of bottlers of this soda grew from 1 plant to more than 1,000
Coca-Cola
Rob
|
$200
[12]
Weaponized slang for a guitar
an axe
Nil
Crista
|
$200
[16]
More's "Utopia" advocates this form of government with all resources shared
Communism
Nil
|
$200
[1]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian's National Zoo.) The Smithsonian's National Zoo & its Conservation Biology Institute has been a leader in giant panda research & conservation since the arrival of Ling-Ling & Hsing-Hsing in 1972, a gift from China to this president & the American people
Nixon
Rob
|
|
$400
[23]
Pro football:the Rams, the Colts, the Titans
the Colts
Crista
|
$400
[6]
Add "up" to this 2-masted boat & it becomes a condiment
a ketch
Rob
|
$400
[11]
Cherry vanilla & java chip are flavors from this ice cream brand with an umlaut in its name
Häagen-Dazs
Nil
|
$400
[13]
A mischievous fairy
a pixie
|
$400
[17]
For defying Henry VIII, More was sentenced to hanging & this unpleasant pair; the king changed that to beheading
drawn and quartered
Rob
|
$400
[2]
Celebrating its centennial in 2016, it occupies 100 acres in California's Balboa Park
the San Diego Zoo
Crista
|
|
$600
[25]
Pro hockey:the Ducks, the Capitals, the Senators
the (Ottawa) Senators
Rob
|
$600
[7]
The name of this waterside facility that has docks & moorings for small boats is from the Italian for "seacoast"
marina
Crista
|
$800
[19]
The name of this brand of frozen foods sounds like a veritable feast because it is
Banquet
|
$600
[14]
Profession of Kid McCoy & Jersey Joe Walcott
boxer
Rob
|
— |
$600
[3]
Straight from Disney's animal kingdom, six of these recently took up residence at the Cincinnati Zoo
meerkats
Nil
Crista
|
|
$800
[26]
Pro basketball:the Warriors, the Magic, the Suns
the Warriors
Crista
|
$800
[8]
By law, all PFDs, short for these, made of balsa or cork were retired from service by March 1999
personal flotation devices
Rob
|
$1,000
[22]
Named for a city in Japan & first brewed in 1876, it's the oldest beer brand in that country
Sapporo
Rob
|
$800
[15]
1930s slang for vigor or pep! You got lots of it, ya mug!
moxie
Nil
|
— |
$800
[4]
The Bronx Zoo features a 6.5-acre habitat for species found in the Congo basin including Western Lowland these
gorillas
Rob
|
|
$1,000
[27]
Pro Soccer:the Fire, the Galaxy, the Rapids
the (Chicago) Fire
Rob
|
$1,000
[9]
The last royal yacht of the UK, itwas retired in 1997 & is now a tourist attraction in Edinburgh
Britannia
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
This liquor brand is also the name of Alabama's state game bird
Wild Turkey
Rob
|
$1,000
[20]
A saying of general truth, or a mag going "inside Kylie Jenner's ultra lavish $50 million Turks and Caicos party pad"
maxim
Rob
|
— |
$1,000
[24]
A walk-through birdcage built for this city's 1904 World's Fair later became a cornerstone of the city's zoo
St. Louis
Nil
|
| TENNESSEE HISTORY | THE POET WRITES | 5-LETTER FILM SYNOPSES | POTPOURRI | SOUTH AMERICA | SWEAR WORDS |
|
$400
[18]
Barbara Jo Walker from Memphis won this distinction in 1947 & was the last to be crowned in a swimsuit
Miss America
Crista
|
$400
[23]
"'Charge for the guns!' he said, into the valley of death rode the six hundred"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Nil
|
$400
[10]
1996:Dark Dakota dealings detail death, dismemberment
Fargo
Nil
|
$400
[7]
Jimmy Garoppolo had to start at QB to begin the 2016 NFL season because this other Patriot was suspended
(Tom) Brady
Rob
|
$400
[11]
Brazilians keep their energy up between meals with cafezinhos, tiny cups of this that are very sweet & very hot
coffee
Rob
|
$400
[1]
Both brides & nuns "take" these solemn promises
vows
Rob
|
|
$800
[19]
A donation of $1 million in 1873 helped establish Vanderbilt University, whose sports teams sail with this name
the Commodores
Rob
|
$800
[24]
"nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands"
cummings
Rob
|
$800
[6]
2001:Green Goliath gathers grabbed girl, goes gaga
Shrek
Rob
|
$800
[4]
This hairstyle got its name from its popularity among rowers, especially in the Ivy League
a crew cut
Crista
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
Due east of Suriname, it's formally un Departement d'outre-mer
French Guiana
Crista
|
$800
[2]
"____ ____ ____ and hope to die", a character promises in Elie Wiesel's "Twilight"
cross my heart
Crista
|
|
DD
$1,500
[20]
In 1945 this atomic research city had a population of 75,000 but it wasn't open to walk-in visitors until 1949
Oak Ridge
Rob
|
$1,200
[25]
"The souls did from their bodies fly,--they fled to bliss or woe! And every soul, it passed by, like the whizz of my cross-bow!"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nil
|
$1,200
[5]
2015:Philly fighter fosters filial friendship from fallen foe's family
Creed
Rob
|
$1,200
[8]
According to "Forbes", in 2016, the status for this Facebook C.O.O. was "7th most powerful woman in the world"
(Sheryl) Sandberg
Rob
|
$1,200
[26]
Gauchos fear the charge of this flightless bird that's been called the South American ostrich
a rhea
Rob
Nil
|
$1,200
[3]
To take the stand, or one-word title of a 1999 Rage Against the Machine song
testify
Rob
|
|
$1,600
[21]
An epidemic of this waterborne disease hit the state in 1849 & claimed many lives, including that of former Pres. Polk
cholera
Rob
Nil
|
$2,000
[28]
"Oh weep for Adonais--he is dead! Wake, melancholy mother, wake and weep!"
Shelley
Nil
|
$1,600
[15]
1983:Babs becomes boy, belts ballads
Yentl
Nil
Crista
|
$1,600
[13]
Shaped like a bow tie, this pasta has a name that means "butterflies" in Italian
farfalle
Crista
|
$2,000
[27]
Bolivia's official languages include Spanish, Aymara & a dialect of this Incan mother tongue
Quechua
Nil
|
$1,600
[9]
The Boy Scout oath begins, "On my" this "I will do my best..."
honor
Rob
|
|
$2,000
[22]
The 1982 World's Fair was held in this eastern city, "The Gateway to the Smoky Mountains"
Knoxville
|
— |
$2,000
[16]
1971:Female Fonda fondles for funds, freedom; flees felonious fella
Klute
Crista
|
$2,000
[14]
When Columbus reached this alliterative body of water, his crew "saw much weed...& judged themselves to be near land"
the Sargasso Sea
Rob
|
— |
$2,000
[12]
As a noun, it's a document empowering law enforcement; as a verb, it means to promise
warrant
|
The name of this first Maryland signer is also on a national monument completed in 1803
James McHenry